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Frederick submits:
=================== Our monthly health insurance payments are now more than our monthly mortgage payment. For us, health insurance is our single most expensive monthly expense, and that doesn't count the co-pays and deductibles we must pay before insurance kicks in. =================== I wonder if yours is a special case or if this is played out across the USA. [rhetorical question] What I find curious, and we've been down this road with Scott and rick on a previous thread, is why it is seemingly appropriate for Scott to cite a newspaper article, reporting on one particular healthcare-related anecdote, but inappropriate for KMAN, Michael, or BCITORGB to cite anecdotes about friends and relatives who have had admirable care. More to the point, I know of not one person in my circle of acquaintances who as had to wait for a necessary procedure. But what I find interesting about Frederick's story is that KMAN, Michael, and BCITORGB don't know what it is like being denied insurance coverage because of diabetes or cholesterol issues. We have no idea about the trauma or stress one might feel as the insurance companies jack up the premiums or outright deny coverage. Frederick states that "health insurance is our single most expensive monthly expense, and that doesn't count the co-pays and deductibles". I don't have the figures at hand; perhaps the taxes I pay in Canada, and the portion thereof that goes to healthcare, are equal to or greater than Frederick's monthly premiums (somehow I doubt it). However, I do know that I'll always have that coverage. And, as we ponder Frederick's premiums, we might wish to ask why the USA spends more (significantly more) on healthcare per capita, but is unable to match Canada and most western European nations on issues such as infant mortality and life expectancy. Now there's a healthcare scandal worth writing newspaper articles about. frtzw906 |
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